Fr. Abraam Sleman's Blog

The word "salvation" in Christian thought carries a depth that surpasses ordinary expectations. It encompasses healing from diseases, deliverance from tribulations, life marked by peace and prosperity, freedom from bondage to evil and error, and forgiveness of sins. Salvation opens the eyes of the heart, enabling one to see life from a new perspective, and ushers in a new life with God—eternal life, untouched by death. These are the blessings we ask of God for all the Egyptian people. Without intending to offend anyone, I must speak the truth about the salvation we long for Egypt. As I mentioned in the lecture Egypt for Christ and the article Saul and the Massacre of Maspero , published online, there is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ. "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:11–12). It is vital to declare this truth, especially as our society faces increas...

Words cannot fully express the grief, lamentation, and abhorrence stirred by the injustices facing Christians in Egypt. Are they living among people—or in a den of lions? In today’s Egypt, lawlessness, bloodshed, deceit, and advocates of evil seem fiercer than lions. In the story of Daniel, when he was cast into the lions’ den, Scripture says, “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him” (Daniel 6:22, NLT). Early the next morning, the king hurried to the den and cried out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” (Daniel 6:20). With the same anguish, we cry today: “Christians of Egypt, servants of the living God! Has your God, whom you serve faithfully, rescued you from the lions?” O God of Daniel—are You not the same God of the persecuted Christians in Egypt? Surely You are, for You have declared: “For I am the Lord...